On March 1, 2012, OCUL launched its newest service, Scholars GeoPortal
. We encourage all Ontario university students, staff and faculty to explore the site and use our online tools to discover the fascinating geospatial data on offer.
http://geo.scholarsportal.info
Background
The Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) has launched a new geospatial and health informatics storage and data discovery tool that, along with the social science data delivery system <odesi> , provides a portal to Ontario researchers to access numeric and spatial datasets. The new service was made possible with support from the Government of Ontario through the OntarioBuys initiative.
Explore this wiki:
[Who Created this Awesome Site?]
[Latest Release Notes]
[Data in Scholars GeoPortal]
[Teaching and Learning Resources ]
Scholars GeoPortal Discussion List
OCUL Members Space (requires login)
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What's New?
Scholars GeoPortal Officially Launched! March 1, 2012
Scholars GeoPortal Recognized by the OLA Jan 23, 2012
OPHID project launched October 7, 2011
Scholars GeoPortal Beta now available! August 25, 2011
Press Release July 3, 2009
Related Project Announced April 7, 2011
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Updates of Interest
August 29, 2011. An update to Scholars GeoPortal has been released. Check out the release notes.
July 5, 2012. Three Statistics Canada English Cartographic Boundary files for 2011 (Designated Place, Census Tracts, Dissemination Areas) have been temporarily pulled down from the portal due to work on the metadata record. They should be back up by the end of the week.